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THE Nature Conservancy announced their 2019 Photo Contest winners earlier this month.<\/p>\n

There were more than 120,000 entries sent in from around the world, with many of the entrants coming from Australia.<\/p>\n

Noted Australian photographer Ben Goode was the judge of the best Australian photo.<\/p>\n

The award was given to Sydney’s Benjamin Maze for his incredible shot from within a cave in the Blue Mountains. Steve Passlow’s more small-scale shot of a garden katydid earned him the<\/p>\n

Australian runner-up place. Jason Curtis was also highly commended in the Australian photography section for his shot of a ladybug besides a whirring tree frog.<\/p>\n

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Photo: JASON CURTIS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Australian photographers featured strongly with a total of 9,111 entries \u2013 ranking sixth highest behind the USA.<\/p>\n

Two Australians won prizes in the global contest. Alex Kydd of Coral Bay took out first and third prizes in the Water category for photos of a whale shark and a group of Cownose Rays, both taken at Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia.<\/p>\n

Leigh Miller won second prize in the Landscape category for a drone photo of the pink Hutt Lagoon.<\/p>\n

To view all the winners, head to natureaustralia.org\/photo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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